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Alabama’S Dmv Closures Reinforce Need To Restore The Voting Rights Act, Lauren Carasik
Alabama’S Dmv Closures Reinforce Need To Restore The Voting Rights Act, Lauren Carasik
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Panel 4: Civil Liberties, Nathalie Desrosiers, Fay Faraday, Sonia Lawrence, James Stribopoulos
Panel 4: Civil Liberties, Nathalie Desrosiers, Fay Faraday, Sonia Lawrence, James Stribopoulos
Sonia Lawrence
PANEL IV: CIVIL LIBERTIES: Moderator:James Stribopoulos, Professor, Osgoode HallLaw School; Speaker: Nathalie Desrosiers, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association & Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, "The Advocacy Function in Canada and the Role of Non-Government Organizations"; Speaker: Fay Faraday, McMurtry Clinical Visiting Fellow, Osgoode Hall Law School, "Civil Society and Rights Litigation: Grassroots Nourishing the Charter Tree"; Discussant: Sonia Lawrence, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School.
Bringing Human Rights Home: The Birmingham Mayor's Office Human Rights Dialogue, Human Rights Institute, Office Of The Mayor Of The City Birmingham
Bringing Human Rights Home: The Birmingham Mayor's Office Human Rights Dialogue, Human Rights Institute, Office Of The Mayor Of The City Birmingham
Human Rights Institute
Human rights begin close to home. Local governments have jurisdiction over a range of human rights issues, including those related to housing, education, employment, and criminal justice. Indeed, local agencies and officials are essential to the promotion and protection of human rights in the United States. They work every day to create conditions under which all communities can flourish. Mayors are particularly well-situated to advance human rights and build a culture of human rights based on dignity, freedom from discrimination, and opportunity.
The Second Rodney King Trial: Justice In Jeopardy?, Robert C. Gorman
The Second Rodney King Trial: Justice In Jeopardy?, Robert C. Gorman
Akron Law Review
This Comment will trace the roots of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and provide a detailed look at the development of the dual sovereignty doctrine. After this overview, it will analyze the historical, legal and policy arguments advanced by supporters and opponents of the doctrine. It will examine proposals for altering or abolishing the doctrine. Finally, in light of the underlying analysis, it will revisit the Rodney King case and examine whether the defendants' second trial - or any successive prosecution - is justified.
The Child Citizenship Act And The Family Reunification Act: Valuing The Citizen Child As Well As The Citizen Parent, Victor Romero
The Child Citizenship Act And The Family Reunification Act: Valuing The Citizen Child As Well As The Citizen Parent, Victor Romero
Victor C. Romero
Leading civil rights advocates today lament the degree to which current immigration law fails to maintain family unity. The recent passage of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 is a rare bipartisan step in the right direction because it grants automatic citizenship to foreign-born children of U.S. citizens upon receipt of their permanent resident status and finalization of their adoption. Congress now has before it the Family Reunification Act of 2001, which aims to restore certain procedural safeguards relaxed in 1996 to ensure that foreign-born parents are not summarily separated from their children, many of whom may be U.S. citizens. …
Us Aid Proposal Could Worsen Violence In El Salvador, Lauren Carasik
Us Aid Proposal Could Worsen Violence In El Salvador, Lauren Carasik
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Unmistakably Clear: Human Rights, The Right To Representation, And Remedial Voting Rights Of People Of Color, Matthew H. Charity
Unmistakably Clear: Human Rights, The Right To Representation, And Remedial Voting Rights Of People Of Color, Matthew H. Charity
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
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Federal Outreach And Mechanisms To Ensure Human Rights Implementation And The Federal, State And Local Levels, Human Rights Institute, International Association Of Official Human Rights Agencies (Iaohra)
Federal Outreach And Mechanisms To Ensure Human Rights Implementation And The Federal, State And Local Levels, Human Rights Institute, International Association Of Official Human Rights Agencies (Iaohra)
Human Rights Institute
The United States has repeatedly affirmed that state and local governments are vital to comprehensive human rights implementation within and throughout the country. During the 2010 UPR, the Legal Adviser to the U.S. State Department emphasized that “the best human rights implementation combines overlapping enforcement by ... the federal government working together with state and local partners.” Indeed, state and local authorities are on the front lines of addressing key human rights issues, including housing, employment, criminal justice and education. This includes the over 150 state and local civil and human rights agencies that enforce federal, state and local human …